Romania forced to scramble fighter jets after drone breaches border
Drone border breach sees Romania deploy fighter jets
- Romania scrambled fighter jets, including Eurofighters and F-16s, after drones breached its territory near the Ukrainian border early on Tuesday.
- Drones were tracked in southeastern Tulcea and Galati counties, moving inland, prompting warnings for residents in all three affected counties to take cover.
- This incident marks repeated drone incursions into Romania, an EU and Nato member sharing a 650-km border with Ukraine, since Russia began attacking Ukrainian ports.
- Separately, European officials expressed comfort over the outcome of recent discussions on US peace proposals for Ukraine, which they initially viewed as tilted in Russia's favour but have since been modified.
- US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on potential progress in these peace talks, though Merz cautioned that peace in Ukraine would not be achieved overnight.